Morris tribune., 1887-09-21

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| branch aud condition Of life which goes TO
| make up aatioa. Standing aiongsids OF the
chief magistrate was the highest ecclesiastical
Representatives, the justices OF ths highest
courts, the foreign ministers and representa-
tiyes Of the army and navy and every de-
partment Of civil, military and religions lifa.
Tbs stand had q seating capacity OF 10, 90
and every seat was occupied. In front OF the
stand aud In FULL view of all hung photo
graphic cory OF the originai constitution. On
the east side Of the stand stood the quaint
old high backed chair once occupied by
George Washington ss presiding officer OF the
congress which adopted ths constitution. The
Marine band was stationed ON the east side
OF the stand and discoursed music for half an
hour before tho exercises commenced At
10:30 . chorus OF 2, ,060 childrsn with 200 men
as leading yeices sang patriotic air. This
brought forth grounds Of applause. Among
the prominent persons on the stand were
Hannibal Hamlin, ex- President Hayes and
wits, ak Minister Kassan, Chief Justice Waite.
Senator Ingalls,, George w. Childs, William
n. Evarts, Governors Larrabes and Gordon,
and Congressman O'Neill. = s,.,-errs
Just as che bell on top Of Independence
hall aunouncsd the hour OF IL o'clock the
ehildren's yoicss ssnt up three rousing chesrs
~ their trihuts 81 icvF % that historic buiidx
Ing. Shortly after II o'clock the distin-
guishsd g6csts began to pour inss the stand
Ekt txsarAd rata Tha first 20 mount the stsps
Leading 70 the stand was President Cleveland
and wife Their appearance was ,ths signal
for ortamultaoua appiansA "A shsy came down
ahe esater aisle 10 the PLACES assigned thsn On
the stsnd, the pr@idsna lsansd sa she arm Of
sxsMinistsr Ka@an, while MIRA Cleveland
leaned on the arm Of Mr. Thompson. After
ths president and Mra Cleveland had raSched
ths stand general handshaking with shoss
tAoms sshsy recexHissd took placa.
After all the distinguished people had taken
thsif ssats and The chesrinE subsidsd Bishop
Potter arose and followed by thoss Who oecu-
pied the reserve spacsz zon the stand. with un-
covered -bsAds, made ths opsninx prayer. ThsH
bishop reaA from ulznuscript Hsinvoked
the blessing offhe Lord upon the days pro-
ceedings and upon tho president and other
officials Of the nation. The prayer was quite
lsdathy. When the bishop concluded Gen.
Sheridan with hia aides, followed closely by
Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ryan. and n
numbsr OF Catholic clsrgymsn marched down
the nisls and we're hssrtiiy -shssred..
ri Whsn Sthsy had bssn seatsd, tho Hon John
a. Kkssan made Che Introductory address sf
the day. He referred briefly to the object Of |
Ishs eslsbratioa and rsviswsd ths progress of |
affairs from she time Of The drafting sf sbs |
constitution up to the present Cardinal
Hibbons clad in officisi vsstnssu6A sat at tho |
stis of the speaker and was one Of the most |
Aftentiss listsnsFh7 At the cOnclasien Of Mr. 4
KASAnfs address the chorus sang appeal to
1rufh-r The president then delivered & brief |
speech, and rsceivsd thundors Of applans& :
q The old liberty belI rang out the midday |
hour, and at evsry stroke Of the beIl theTa |
.eurrsd when the president wa In the middle |
or his speech, and be was Obliged to pause for /
few seconda The tMRhs was indeed an Inn /
prsssivs one, a. the president stood there with
nneoxsrsd head aEaiting tts plaudits Of q
liberty Loving spsople in honor Of she ball
which first announced their freedom &c was
About flvsl ninutSs past tweivs whsn the i
president finished, and he az ence retired to
his seat. While the applause was still going
On the chorus broke into Q patriotic air, and l
the dinw terrific. w ben Quist was restored +
United States Supreme Court @Justfcs Miller
stepped to the front OF the stand, and facing
the assembled dignftaries, began the delivery /
Of bis oration He. held his audiences spell-
hound, and was followed with rapt attention. +
gustice Mfilerss address consumed ous hour
and ten minutes The new national hymn,
which was constructed by Marion Harl, was
then recited by Professor Murdoch, with o /
chorus Of 200 mems voices Shortly before Q
o'clock President Kasan took the arm Of Car
dinal Gibbons and led him to the front OF the
stand After bowing to the people IN front
Of sths stand, the cardinal turned slowly
around 70 whsrs the president sat, and in .
clear, distinct voice offered q prayer to AL.
closest astsntion. At the conclusion the band
played ss'Star Spangled BANNER" An impress.
sivs bsnsdiction was pronounced By the Rev.
Jere Withsrsoon, Of Nashville This con-
cludsd the csrsmonies. 1rrg-
Just M the benediction was Gnished the
leader OF tbs Marine band signailsd bis musi-
clans to render march specially prepared
for the occasion. As the band struck up the
president and Mrs.. Cleveland walked arm In
arm 70 ths front Of the stand and bowed re-
psatedly to the multituds in acknowledgements
Of the thundsrs Of applause hatgrsssed them.
Hhea The occupants OF the stand noticed the
psis standing avid rush was made over the
chairs 10 the place where they stood and the
president hsld~ short rscsption shaking
hands with all who succesded Ia reaching
hisa The police soon cleared passage. and
In few minutes the president and wife were
IN carriage <ss..s 3
President Cleveland had public reception
Saturday morning at the city ball. Here he I,
shook hands with thousands Secretaries /
Bayard and Fairchild stood behind ths presi-
isnk Long before the appointed hour, the
reception room and the streets around wsr
packed with people The police arrange
nsnts wors perfect, and the prssidsnt and
party catered ths city hall between lines of
minions oss ths,.l Law. Ths- prssi-
isnt steod ipifront Of 3 dias ersctsi IN The
wsst and Of ths room When the crowd had
Desn. formed in line, sssignsls to admit was
IfveA The frst 70 grasp The prsaidensf